Anyway to tweak the speed of the subs

[Punkedit]

I play this game for the fun and just want to know how to increase the speed of my U boat. Could you please help me?

[Capt.Warner]

Upgrade you Motor officer's special abilities.I was doing 24 knots in a VIIA,so messed up.

[kylania]

Press "5" and scream "It's eXtreeeeeaaaammeee!!!"

[Punkedit]

Not what I was asking but thanks anyway

[voidster]

ive been looking through files for such things myself. ive tried to modify the main files of the subs and so far none of them have a speed listing in the sim or dat files (like the older sh4 did)

ive modified the crews ability's to give more of a bonus ..and i get the same result. Its got to be somewhere, im just not finding the right file to modify ..yet.

[KOS]

well easiest way is to level up your motorist chief.

At 2nd or 3rd level up he was able to get the engines at AHEAD FLANK ( yeah extreme, whatever ) at 22 knots on rough sea.

[shearerc]

Originally Posted by voidster

ive tried to modify the main files of the subs and so far none of them have a speed listing in the sim or dat files (like the older sh4 did)

I opened up the SIM file in a hex editor and found the values are still there (eng_power, rpm, max speed, etc..)

Think they changed the format or byte offsets slightly in SH5 so s3d editor is unable to pick up the new values.

[voidster]

ok ill grab a hex editor and take a look (always back up files..what i have to tell myself this lol)


Edit 2: Ok, i see where the values are supposed to be (0e for 14) on the VIIa. Ive modified the diesel and electric speed values and ..nothing. Ive modified the config file, still nothing. *sigh* im guessing its not even looking at these files.

[Jessica]

Can some one tell me what file I have to edit to increase the speed of my sub? I can’t find it anywhere. I’ve managed to tweak my deck gun and torps, but I can’t find anything relating to engines etc.

Can any one help?

[voidster]

were trying lol. ive modified everything i can think of and the speed is still 17kts without the chief's addition. Im testing more stuff though i hope it works.

[shearerc]

I pushed up my VIIA's top speed by increasing the value of eng_power and max_speed. These variables appear under the Propulsion and E_Propulsion section. Comb thru the .sim file in your hex editor and you'll see them.

Game stores the values in IEEE 32-bit single (4 bytes)

example,

6D 61 78 5F 73 70 65 65 64 00 00 00 F0 41

6D 61 78 5F 73 70 65 65 64 -> string for max_speed
00 -> separator
00 00 F0 41 -> 30.0 knots (in IEEE 32-bit single)

[voidster]

Originally Posted by shearerc

I pushed up my VIIA's top speed by increasing the value of eng_power and max_speed. These variables appear under the Propulsion and E_Propulsion section. Comb thru the .sim file in your hex editor and you'll see them.

Game stores the values in IEEE 32-bit single (4 bytes)

example,

6D 61 78 5F 73 70 65 65 64 00 00 00 F0 41

6D 61 78 5F 73 70 65 65 64 -> string for max_speed
00 -> separator
00 00 F0 41 -> 30.0 knots (in IEEE 32-bit single)

what converter are you using? so far ive tried AXE and another freeware type and none of them offer IEEE 32bit single conversions. They keep tossing little endian around and i have no clue what im doing.

years ago i had one that had such features, and it converted between intel/mac plus a bunch of other stuff but i just cannot remember the name of the thing. ahh heck that was in the 20th century too.

[shearerc]

Originally Posted by Jessica

Can some one tell me what file I have to edit to increase the speed of my sub?

In each sub's .SIM file.

E.g. for the Type VII-A

<game folder>\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7a\NSS_Uboat7a.sim

[MP]

I would also like to know a simple way to change sub and ship speeds. The SH3 MiniTweaker made it very simple.

An idiots, idiot guide would be extremely helpful.

Many Thanks

[voidster]

Originally Posted by MP

I would also like to know a simple way to change sub and ship speeds. The SH3 MiniTweaker made it very simple.

An idiots, idiot guide would be extremely helpful.

Many Thanks

the goblin editor is really easy to figure out (at least editing stats. not sure about its other features.) Check out that editor first. I had no trouble finding all the data i wanted to change. Im still trying to add more torpedo storage to a VIIA but i havnt had much time today to mess with it.